Questions tagged [dlt]
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Why are tape compression capacities always double that of the native?
Why are tape compression capacities always double that of the native?
Crazy Chenz
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Recycle already formatted DLT IV tapes?
I have a lot of DLT IV Tape Cartridges which were used and written to in DLT 4000 drives.
Now I have a DLT VS 160 drive, which uses the same Tape Cardridges but I can't write onto them.
Searching the net I found only hints that tapes must be…
PoC
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Linux machine can't find its tape drive
I have an older HP NetServer LPr with what is apparently a Symbios SCSI card connecting to a Quantum SuperLoader 3 that is DLT based. From time to time, we seem to lose the connection to the autoloader. It's usually due to flaky power, but not…
Kyle
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What is the length of magnetic band in a DLT tape?
We are currently destroying our old DLT tape (some are 30 years old...), and we are amazed by the length of the band inside.
We would know what is it length ? It looks infinite ! (+1)
Kedare
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